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A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She reduced altitude and
spotted a man below. She descended a bit more and shouted, "Excuse me, can
you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago but I don't
know where I am."
The man below replied, "You're in a hot air balloon hovering approximately
30 feet above the ground. You're between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude
and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude."
"You must be an Engineer," said the balloonist.
"I am," replied the man, "how did you know?"
"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you have told me is probably
technically correct, but I've no idea what to make of your information and
the fact is, I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help at all. If
anything, you've delayed my trip by your talk."
The man below responded, "You must be in Management."
"I am," replied the balloonist, "but how did you know?"
"Well," said the man, "you don't know where you are or where you're going.
You have risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot air. You
made a promise, which you've no idea how to keep, and you expect people
beneath you to solve your problems. The fact is you are in exactly the same
position you were in before we met, but now, somehow, it's my f**king
fault."
spotted a man below. She descended a bit more and shouted, "Excuse me, can
you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago but I don't
know where I am."
The man below replied, "You're in a hot air balloon hovering approximately
30 feet above the ground. You're between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude
and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude."
"You must be an Engineer," said the balloonist.
"I am," replied the man, "how did you know?"
"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you have told me is probably
technically correct, but I've no idea what to make of your information and
the fact is, I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help at all. If
anything, you've delayed my trip by your talk."
The man below responded, "You must be in Management."
"I am," replied the balloonist, "but how did you know?"
"Well," said the man, "you don't know where you are or where you're going.
You have risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot air. You
made a promise, which you've no idea how to keep, and you expect people
beneath you to solve your problems. The fact is you are in exactly the same
position you were in before we met, but now, somehow, it's my f**king
fault."
Children shame robber into fleeing
An armed robber who held up a babysitter was shamed into leaving empty-handed when two young children offered him their pocket money.
The man had rung the doorbell of a house in the German town of Schwanewede, near Bremen, and then forced his way in, reports The Local.
Armed with a gun and wearing a balaclava, the man had the terrified babysitter at gunpoint when the children she was looking after, came downstairs.
When they offered him their savings, he was apparently overcome with shame and left the house without a word - or a penny.
"The children had heard what was going on from upstairs and came down with their money, all their savings," a police spokesman said.
He said he was not releasing the ages of the children in order to protect them from being identified, but that they were both younger than seven.
"The robber must have realised what he was doing was awful, and simply put his gun away and left," added the spokesman.
An armed robber who held up a babysitter was shamed into leaving empty-handed when two young children offered him their pocket money.
The man had rung the doorbell of a house in the German town of Schwanewede, near Bremen, and then forced his way in, reports The Local.
Armed with a gun and wearing a balaclava, the man had the terrified babysitter at gunpoint when the children she was looking after, came downstairs.
When they offered him their savings, he was apparently overcome with shame and left the house without a word - or a penny.
"The children had heard what was going on from upstairs and came down with their money, all their savings," a police spokesman said.
He said he was not releasing the ages of the children in order to protect them from being identified, but that they were both younger than seven.
"The robber must have realised what he was doing was awful, and simply put his gun away and left," added the spokesman.
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